33 Godu u-Arhabi wenza isigodo esicwengileko.*+ U-Arhabi wenza okunengi bona asilinge uJehova uZimu ka-Israyeli ukudlula woke amakhosi wakwa-Israyeli angaphambi kwakhe.

4 Ngemva kwalokho, u-Arhabi wafika endlinakhe, acobeke amathambo begodu adanile ngendlela uNabhothi umJizriyela amphendule ngayo nakathi: “Angekhe ngikunikele ilifa labokhokho bami.” Nje-ke walala embhedenakhe, ubuso bakhe basolo bufulathele buqale ngebodeni, wabhala nokudla.

20 U-Arhabi wathi ku-Eliya: “Ungifumene naba lami!”+ Wamphendula wathi: “Ngikufumene. ‘Ngombana uzimisele* ukwenza okumbi emehlweni kaJehova,+ 21 nje-ke ngikulethela isizi, ngizokuthanyela ngemva kwakho, ngirhayile zoke iinzukulwana zakho eziduna,+ kuhlanganise abangasililitho nababogabogako kwa-Israyeli.+ 22 Ngizokwenza indlwakho ibe njengendlu kaJerobhowamu+ indodana kaNebathi nanjengendlu kaBhatjha+ indodana ka-Arhiya ngombana uvuse ilaka lami, wabangela u-Israyeli bona one.’

10 U-Arhabi+ bekanamadodana ama-70 eSamariya. Nje-ke uJehu watlola iincwadi wazithumela eSamariya, emakhosaneni weJizriyela, ebadaleni+ nebatlhogomelini babantwana baka-Arhabi, wathi: